diff --git a/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py b/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
index 3b5e534..fd6899e 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/mailroom/mailroom.py
@@ -261,8 +261,27 @@ class MailRoom(Bureau):
         """
         messages = self.imapserv.sort("ARRIVAL", ["UNSEEN"])
         print("%d unread messages in INBOX" % len(messages))
-        return self.imapserv.fetch(messages, ['FLAGS', 'INTERNALDATE',
+        resp = self.imapserv.fetch(messages, ['FLAGS', 'INTERNALDATE',
                                               'ENVELOPE', 'RFC822.SIZE'])
+        
+        # massage into a serializable dict
+        msgs = []
+
+        for msgid, data in resp.items():
+            msg = {}
+            env = data["ENVELOPE"]
+
+            msg["msgid"] = str(msgid)
+            sender = env.from_[0]
+            msg["fromaddr"] = sender.mailbox + "@" + sender.host
+            msg["fromname"] = sender.name
+            msg["date"] = data["INTERNALDATE"]
+            msg["size"] = data["RFC822.SIZE"]
+            msg["subject"] = env.subject
+
+            msgs.append(msg)
+
+        return msgs
 
 
 def main():